Posted: Friday, July 15, 2011, 11:52 PM | 8 comments |
 

Mayberry An Eastern Power
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John Mayberry knocked in five runs against the Mets on Friday. (Frank Franklin/AP)

Not only has John Mayberry Jr. hit all five of his home runs this season against NL East opponents, but he has 44 of his 57 total bases and 18 of his 24 RBI against them.

In intradivision play, his batting average is .100 higher and his slugging percentage nearly .400 higher:

  vs. NL East vs. Other Div.
Games 31 20
H-AB 21-71 11-56
Batting Avg.      .296 .196
   1B 8 9
   2B 8 2
   3B 0 0
   HR 5 0
Total Bases 44 13
Slugging Pct. .620 .232
RBI 18 6
Posted by Bob Vetrone Jr. @ 11:52 PM  Permalink | 8 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:06 AM, 07/16/2011
    I've never understood why they never gave this guy a legitimate chance to succeed.
    — lonewolf 10
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:34 AM, 07/16/2011
    I can't believe it! A sensible post from lonewolf! I must be in Bizarro world.
    — mjc1
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:29 AM, 07/16/2011
    Lone wolf is correct.
    — HO HUM
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:38 AM, 07/16/2011
    The only thing I don't understand is why Dave Herndon is still on the roster. He and Baez should share the cab fare for a ride out of town, don't you think?
    — KicknDaNutz
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:00 AM, 07/16/2011
    Is it possible to package Francisco, Baez, Blanton, Lonewolf and Wheels for tickets to a LadyGaga concert ?
    — NewMick314
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:13 AM, 07/16/2011
    John Mayberry could very well be that elusive RH batter we are so urgently (?) seeking.
    — nc_bg
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:03 PM, 07/16/2011
    This season-
    Jayson Werth's OPS=.683
    John Mayberry's OPS=.780
    — altoonaaslan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:07 PM, 07/16/2011
    Mayberry hasn't received a consistent chance because he's got a huge hole in his swing that he's only just now beginning to fill. His performances at Triple A have been ordinary. And, he is getting a chance, now that Victorino is out. People see the results for one night and all of a sudden they project backward and say the past could be rewritten based on last night's performance, if only he'd been playing all along. This makes no sense. People might consider taking a deep breath, sitting back, and saying, "You know what? I'm going to trust Manuel and Amaro, because based on their record, they seem to know what they're doing."
    — andrewfrombrooklyn


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About Bob Vetrone Jr.

Boop – who goes by Bob Vetrone Jr. when he is undercover or paying bills – has been at the Daily News since 1982, after working for five years at the Philadelphia Bulletin up to its closing. Along with helping to build the sports scoreboards most nights, he has had great input into the papers’ special sports pullouts – March Madness, Broad Street Run, Record Breakers, Greatest Moments – as well as its day-to-day, award-winning event coverage.

A 1980 graduate of North Catholic, he took some evening college courses. Those lasted right up until the first conflict with a Big 5 doubleheader.

His favorite books growing up were the NBA Guide and the Baseball Encyclopedia, which was, for all intents and purposes, the Internet before there was an Internet.

He has been immersed in sports statistics since the early 70s, when his father (long-time sports writer, broadcaster and the Daily News’ Buck The Bartender), would take him into the Bulletin newsroom overnight in the summer and let him update the Phillies statistics in a little, black spiral notebook. But things have changed tremendously in the decades since … He now uses a big, black spiral notebook. Email him at vetronb@phillynews.com.


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